Total Crime Rate

82.3 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 82.3 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.8 8/10
  • Drugs 5.8 6/10
  • Burglary 5.1 6/10
  • Other theft 5.1 5/10
  • Public order 4.4 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.4 4/10
  • Theft from the person 2.2 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 1.5 1/10
  • Other crime 1.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.7 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.7 1/10
  • Robbery 0.7 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Oriel Street area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 48 local areas in City Centre North , and the 773rd highest crime rate of 1,559 local areas in Liverpool .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Oriel Street (L3 6DU) in the last 12 months was 82.3 per 1,000 residents and was 83.8% lower than the City Centre North average (508.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 50 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 58 (≈ 42.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 93.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 19.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Oriel Street (L3 6DU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Further/Higher Educational Building, where police recorded 88 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Princes Gardens (44 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Oriel Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Addison Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gladstone Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Stockdale Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gladstone Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Cockspur Street West Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walsh Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Ford Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Gladstone Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Gladstone Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Gladstone Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Leeds Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Princes Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Leeds Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cockspur Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cockspur Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Pickop Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Pickop Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Pickop Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Pickop Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Leeds Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Leeds Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stockdale Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Princes Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Leeds Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Princes Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Addison Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Vauxhall Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Princes Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Princes Gardens Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Princes Gardens Under investigation

Data Sources

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